Political Quotes

“Today three bipartisan former Secretaries of Homeland Security wrote to Speaker Johnson voicing their opposition to impeaching Secretary Mayorkas. They agree that impeachment for policy is not constitutionally permissible. They further warn that allowing impeachment of Cabinet officials over policy differences would jeopardize our national security. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record the letter from Secretaries Chertoff, Napolitano, and Johnson. February 6, 2024. Hon. Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Dear Speaker Johnson: As former Secretaries of Homeland Security who served in Republican and Democratic Administrations, we write to oppose the House of Representatives' effort to impeach Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. We have differing views among us on the policies pursued by President Biden and implemented by Secretary Mayorkas. But we collectively agree that policy differences are not Constitutionally permissible impeachment offenses. Rather, they are issues to be resolved via legislation or elections. During our respective terms, when members of Congress of both parties disagreed with the policy choices made by the Presidents we served, they would make their views known, often vociferously, bring us to the Capitol for hearings, and consider new laws. That is the way our political system is supposed to work.…”